Use requires minimum new 2 year activation plan.

[ATTingular]

Originally Posted by ColsTiger

Plus there was the whole TDMA migration to GSM in 2003. Many of the phones you were required to buy actually gave you much better quality calls because GSM was so much better than TDMA.

People were never forced to upgrade to GSM or UMTS. However, they did add a 5 dollar surcharge for using TDMA equipment.

[ColsTiger]

Originally Posted by ATTingular

People were never forced to upgrade to GSM or UMTS. However, they did add a 5 dollar surcharge for using TDMA equipment.

My point was that they quit selling TDMA phones and also quit activating them (or so I thought). Evidently, they'll still do it, but with an additional charge. All those TDMA customers that are still on Cingular/At&t are actually roaming on another network other than Cingular/At&t.

[007youknowme]

Originally Posted by ebrunn

I think that most of their customer base is still Cingular, so this is a good way to get them into Att contracts. Thats the only reason why they are doing it. This will prolly be the last time this will happen with the iPhone.

i disagree. a cingualr contract and a at&t contract make no difference, same company, In fact there are no at&t stores in this state and at least 50 cingular stores if not more. This is probably in order to make sure they have supply to meet demand. You can expect this to change within a few months of release.

[ColsTiger]

Originally Posted by 007youknowme

i disagree. a cingualr contract and a at&t contract make no difference, same company, In fact there are no at&t stores in this state and at least 50 cingular stores if not more. This is probably in order to make sure they have supply to meet demand. You can expect this to change within a few months of release.

Welcome to EiP.

All Cingular stores will be branded At&t stores by the 20th (according to posts from store managers). Cingular has changed to At&t. The old At&t Wireless service is gone for good. This is an entirely new company.

[007youknowme]

Originally Posted by ColsTiger

Welcome to EiP.

All Cingular stores will be branded At&t stores by the 20th (according to posts from store managers). Cingular has changed to At&t. The old At&t Wireless service is gone for good. This is an entirely new company.

zero cingular stores here are branded at&t and there never were any at&t stores. welcome to the midwest